One of the world's most famous landmarks is facing an uncertain future as growing tensions and environmental challenges could ...

As political unrest heightens in Peru, some 800 tourists are now stranded in the town of Machu Picchu, below the ruins of the famed 15th-century Inca citadel. Protestors have reportedly blocked the ...

Peru’s famous Inca city of Machu Picchu, perched high in the Andes Mountains, is possibly several decades older than experts previously thought. New evidence published in the journal Antiquity found ...

It was in 2007 when Peru’s Machu Picchu Inca sanctuary was designated one of the New 7 Wonders of the World after receiving more than 100 million votes in a global competition. Now, the New7Wonders ...

Everyone has heard of Machu Picchu, the Great Wall of China, and the Taj Mahal. These UNESCO World Heritage sites attract ...

However, according to a statement from the Peruvian Ministry of Culture, Unesco is the “only competent body to promote, throughout the world, the identification, protection and preservation of ...

Machu Picchu is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage site and welcomes an average of 5,600 visitors a day, but until recently had only four cameras and a small team ...

UNESCO will send a mission to the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, Peru, in view of concerns by the World Heritage Committee for the conservation of this outstanding Andean archaeological centre ...

Analysis of historical documents showed no evidence of the site being called Machu Picchu until 1911. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 A new study suggests that scholars and the ...

(CNN) — It was in 2007 when Peru’s Machu Picchu Inca sanctuary was designated one of the New 7 Wonders of the World after receiving more than 100 million votes in a global competition. Now, the ...